The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-16
-KsntneEy Notes.

lis excellent, butin others = is very
poor 9
The revenue receipts for May in
the Lexington collection district
! were s191 1881.
Isaac Murphy, the jockey has
purchased a $4,000 suburban resi-
dence at Lexington, Ky.
j. soule Smith will probably be a
candidate for Congress from the
Lexington district.
Mrs. s. B. Buckner and ''the Pa-
Ibyn have gone to Virginia, where
they will spend the summer.
The stone-cutters who have been
on a strike at Eddyyille, have re-
stunned work on the branch peniten-
tiary. -
In Fleming county last week
John Fields, a farmer, killed his
Wife and one of Missions and des-
perately wounded another son. He
then cut his throat and died.
Samuel E. Ma,tin, a prominent
Republican, af Mason county, has
been nominated for the Legislature
by the Prohibitionists'o that coun-
| ty. The Republican Convention
held yesterday Endorsed him.
Gov. Knott has sent throughout
the State invitations ITO the people
| of Kentucky to be present at Che
memorial services in honor of Joel
7. Hart, in the State Cemetery at
Frankfort, KY, at II o'clock A. NJ,
Saturday, June IS, 1887"
Kentucky is ahead in the way of
perpetual motion. A Henderson
county man has been granted pat
emit ON an engine which he claims
that when started will run as long
as the "machinary lasts. He gets
the motion and power by compressed
air, and can easily control the speed,
Its thought that trains will be
running regularly oyer the Mays
vile 4 Big Sandy, or southside
Railroad, by the 18th of next An.
gust. When completed this will be
one of the best roads in the coun-
TRY. The grades are all very ilsig-
ni6cant, and some very fast trains
Twill be run.
Among the newest Kentucky in.
Idustries is natural chicken incp-
lbator at Crab Orchard springs. II
lis SO hot there that the eggs are
simply left out in the air over night
\ I 10y
and next morning spring chickens
are in abundance. A few Southern
people who are not afraid Of the
heat have arrived at Crab Orchard
to soc the wonderful incubator
work. louisville Commercial.
| A recent bulletin issued by the
National Geological Survey, refer.
ring to alleged diamond indications
in Elliott county, Kentucky says
that no diamonds have been found
in this State, and that the shale ia
the vicinity of the Elliott county
dixie does not appear to be suffi-
GENTLY rich in carboniferous matter
to excite much enthusiasm Couri.
er-J Journal.
Logan county, KY, famous foi
its ghost stories, furnishes a genu,
line Rider Haggard hair-raiser
this morning. Attracted by the
ltolling of a church bell, reputable
citizen mounted his horse and fol-
| lowed the sound, which came from
| a deserted church situated in the
"Dead Lands" a section of coun-
TRY three miles long, covered Nth
swamp. The long deserted edifice
appeared to be lit up with an I'M
earthly red fire, while grouped
around what had once been the al.
tar were a dozen figures clothed in
), white, the faces covered with black
| hoods, the long arms and feshless
fingers pointing across the altar, or
which lay a figure similar to The
others. The ghostly band marched
around the altar three times, wher
the red lightdied out, and the repu
table citizens horse became frigh
+ tened and ran away, putting an ent
: to further investigations. There i
7 evidently still a very red article o
9 liquor in Logan county.-Courier
t Journal.
e Every few weeks somebody die
|
: from an orange seed lodged in thu
/ Iappendix vermiformis. Whel